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Printable version; Page information; Get shortened URL ... Sloughs and rivers of San Pedro Bay, 1900, USGS topographic map “Southern California Sheet No. 1 ...
San Pedro Bay is an inlet on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California, United States. It is the site of the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach , which together form the fifth-busiest port facility in the world (behind the ports of Shanghai , Singapore , Hong Kong , and Shenzhen ) and the busiest in the Americas.
In 1868 Banning created the Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad, Southern California's first railroad and used it to transport goods from San Pedro Bay to Los Angeles, which soon became a major city in Southern California. [13] 1859 survey map of Rancho San Pedro. San Pedro was a township in the 1860 census.
Naval Operating Base Terminal Island was founded by combining Naval Facilities in cities of San Pedro, Long Beach and Wilmington, California under one command. Much of the base was on the man-made Terminal Island, and harbor in San Pedro Bay. The harbor was made through the construction of a large breakwater system. [1] [2]
San Pedro Bay in a 1900 plan for the Los Angeles Harbor, present cities and districts are named Los Angeles Harbor Light built in 1913, on the 2.11-mile San Pedro breakwater was completed in 1911 The first time the US Navy operated out of the Port of San Pedro was during the Mexican–American War , on 6 August 1846 when Commodore Robert F ...
October 8: Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sails from Catalina Island to San Pedro Bay and names it Bay of Smoke. October 9: Cabrillo Anchors in Santa Monica Bay then Departs North. November 23: Cabrillo on his return trip Anchors and Lands in Catalina Island to overwinter and make repairs. The Party of Explorers departed a short time later.
San Pedro Bay grew into one of the world's great ports, and Santa Monica was transformed into a glamorous beach resort, with powerful impacts on the region's urban geography. [2] A 16-mile strip of land (26 km), from Downtown Los Angeles to San Pedro and Wilmington, would soon be part of the City of Los Angeles.
Harbor area, Los Angeles: Shoestring Annexation (Dec. 26, 1906) San Pedro Annexation (Aug. 28, 1909), Wilmington Annexation (Aug. 28, 1909) As defined by Mapping L.A. of the Los Angeles Times, the region, which includes the city of Los Angeles as well as other cities and unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, is a 193.09-square-mile area flanked by South Los Angeles or Los Angeles County ...